EP0338975A1 - Ophthalmic apparatus for performing examination and therapy - Google Patents

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EP0338975A1
EP0338975A1 EP89810213A EP89810213A EP0338975A1 EP 0338975 A1 EP0338975 A1 EP 0338975A1 EP 89810213 A EP89810213 A EP 89810213A EP 89810213 A EP89810213 A EP 89810213A EP 0338975 A1 EP0338975 A1 EP 0338975A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F9/00—Methods or devices for treatment of the eyes; Devices for putting-in contact lenses; Devices to correct squinting; Apparatus to guide the blind; Protective devices for the eyes, carried on the body or in the hand
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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    • A61F9/008—Methods or devices for eye surgery using laser
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  • the present invention relates to a device for examining and treating the eye, with means for illuminating the eye and means for coupling a laser beam into the illumination optics for photocoagulation.
  • Devices of this type in particular slit lamps, are known.
  • Fig. 1 shows schematically a lighting tube 1, which is rotatably mounted about its vertical axis in a tube 2.
  • An illumination mirror 3 is arranged below the tube 2.
  • the tube 2 and the illumination mirror 3 are arranged in a rigid mutual position on a pivot arm of the slit lamp, not shown.
  • An incandescent lamp 4 with an incandescent filament 5 is arranged in the lighting tube 1, the axis of the incandescent filament 5 lying in the plane of the drawing.
  • a condenser 6, a slit diaphragm 7, is located below the incandescent lamp Filter 8 and a tube lens 9.
  • this pair of prisms 11 splits the bundle of parallel beams emerging from the tube lens into two partial beams 12 displaced outwards 13 for a laser beam 14 inserted transversely into the tube 2.
  • This laser beam and the partial beams 12 pass through a front objective 15 onto the illumination mirror 3, which deflects them to the slit image or laser treatment spot at point 16.
  • 13 means the diameter of the coupling mirror 13 or the laser beam in the front lens
  • 5 'the partial images of the filament 5 are designated. From FIG. 2 it can be seen that with the incandescent filament parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mirror 3 (according to FIG. 1), the cross-section of the illuminating radiation bundle denoted by the hatched areas has an optimal size.
  • FIG. 3 shows the situation with the lighting tube rotated by 45 ° and the slit aperture 7 and filament 5 rotated accordingly.
  • the partial images of the filament are offset outwards by the prisms 11, but are inclined at 45 °. It can be seen that the cross sections of the two illuminating light beams have only insignificantly smaller areas than with an optimal yield according to FIG. 2.
  • Fig. 4 shows the situation when the lighting tube 1 is rotated by 90 ° and the slit aperture 7 or filament 5 is rotated accordingly.
  • the cross sections of the illuminating light beams still amount to at least half of the cross sections in the optimal position according to FIG. 2.
  • the slit image is therefore still at least half as bright as in the optimal position, which is practically hardly recognizable and in any case not disadvantageous.
  • 5 to 9 show design variants of the optics for widening the illumination beam path.
  • a one-piece pisma 21 with pairs of parallel surfaces 22a, 22b or 23a, 23b is provided, which divides the incoming light beam into two partial light beams 12 which cross each other and exit at a distance from one another.
  • FIG. 6 shows an optic 31 consisting of two symmetrical individual prisms, the shape of which is external to that 5 corresponds to the prism 21.
  • the abutment surfaces 32 of the two prisms are mirrored, so that the partial beams that are broken in at the entrance are reflected and thus do not cross each other but are only reversed.
  • FIG. 7 to 9 show design variants of the optics in which the prisms are combined to widen the illumination beam path or serve as supports for the mirror for coupling the laser beam.
  • two prisms 41 and 42 are connected to one another, which essentially produce the parallel partial beams 12 according to FIG. 1.
  • the prism 41 has a mirrored surface 43, which serves to deflect the incoming laser beam 14. Due to the inclined mirrored surface 43, the prism 41 must be longer than the prism 42.
  • the refractive surfaces 44a and 44b at the entrance and exit therefore have less inclinations than the refractive surfaces 45a and 45b of the prism 42 in order to symmetrically expand the illumination -Beam of rays.
  • FIG. 8 shows an optical system similar to FIG. 7, but the prism 41 is divided into two prisms 41a and 41b.
  • the wedge-shaped prism part 41b has no function for widening the illuminating beam, but instead serves with its mirrored surface 43 to deflect the laser beam 14.
  • FIG. 9 shows a one-piece prism 51 similar to that according to FIG. 5, but designed asymmetrically in order to be able to serve to deflect the laser beam 14 with a mirrored surface 43.
  • the refractive surface pairs 52, 52b and 53, 53b have unequal inclinations in order to achieve a symmetrical expansion or spreading in two partial beams 12 despite the different optical lengths.
  • the prisms could be rotated by 90 ° in order to optionally cooperate with a mirror 3, the larger dimension of which, according to the exemplary embodiment, lies either parallel or transversely to the plane of the drawing.
  • the entire slit illumination can be tilted relative to the mirror 3 about an axis perpendicular to the drawing plane in FIG. 1, and in this case the mirror 3 could be T-shaped, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.
  • the prisms could be adjusted accordingly in order to expand the beam in the plane of the drawing (FIG. 1) or transversely to it.

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In the optical axis of a slit illumination device (4, 7), there is a mirror (13) for introducing a laser beam (14). Between mirror (13) and the lens (9) of the illumination tube (1), there is a prism pair (11) which splits the light bundle of the slit illumination device (4, 7) into two part bundles (12) which run to the side of the mirror (13). A front lens (15) focuses both the slit illumination and the laser beam on a point (16) in the eye. The arrangement allows the use of a conventional illumination tube (1) which can be rotated with the aperture slit (7) in order to vary the direction of the slit image in the eye. For all rotary positions of the aperture slit, good brightness of the slit illumination is achieved. <IMAGE>

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Gerät zur Unter­suchung und Behandlung des Auges, mit Mitteln zur Be­leuchtung des Auges und Mitteln zum Einkoppeln eines Laserstrahls in die Beleuchtungsoptik zur Photokoagula­tion. Derartige Geräte, insbesondere Spaltlampen, sind bekannt.The present invention relates to a device for examining and treating the eye, with means for illuminating the eye and means for coupling a laser beam into the illumination optics for photocoagulation. Devices of this type, in particular slit lamps, are known.

Bei einer bekannten Ausführung befindet sich im Beleuch­tungstubus ein halbtransparenter Spiegel, durch welchen das Beleuchtungslicht durchtritt und welcher den einge­koppelten Laserstrahl in die Achse der Beleuchtungsoptik ablenkt (DE-A-2 611 933). Diese zwar im Aufbau einfache Lösung bringt erhebliche Lichtverluste sowohl für die Beleuchtung als auch für den Laserstrahl mit sich.In a known embodiment there is a semi-transparent mirror in the lighting tube through which the illuminating light passes and which deflects the coupled laser beam into the axis of the illuminating optics (DE-A-2 611 933). This solution, which is simple in terms of structure, entails considerable light losses for both the lighting and the laser beam.

Um diese Nachteile mindestens teilweise zu vermeiden, ist es auch bekannt, im Beleuchtungstubus unmittelbar nach dem Kondensor ein Prismenpaar vorzusehen, mittels welchem das Beleuchtungslicht in zwei seitliche Teil­strahlen aufgeteilt wird, welche seitlich des der Ein­koppelung des Laserstrahls dienenden Spiegels liegen. Der Laserstrahl und die beiden Teilstrahlenbündel der Beleuchtung werden sodann durch gesonderte Spiegel ins Auge geworfen (EP-A-0 225 699). Auch diese Ausführung hat jedoch verschiedene Nachteile. Es bedarf einer spe­ziellen Ausführung des Beleuchtungstubus mit zusätz­lichen Prismen, und dieser Beleuchtungstubus muss einen grösseren Durchmesser aufweisen. Es kann somit nicht der Beleuchtungstubus einer bestehenden diagnostischen Spaltlampe verwendet werden. Die heute allgemein übliche und erwünschte Drehung der Spaltblende bzw. des ganzen Beleuchtungstubus mit der Spaltblende ist nicht oder nur in beschränktem Masse möglich, weil bei grösserer Dre­hung um bis zu 90° kein Licht mehr über die Umlenkspie­gel ins Auge gelangen würde.In order to at least partially avoid these disadvantages, it is also known to provide a pair of prisms in the lighting tube immediately after the condenser, by means of which the illuminating light is divided into two lateral partial beams, which lie to the side of the mirror used to couple the laser beam. The laser beam and the two partial beams of the illumination are then thrown into the eye by separate mirrors (EP-A-0 225 699). However, this version also has various disadvantages. A special version of the lighting tube with additional prisms is required, and this lighting tube must have a larger diameter. It is therefore not possible to use the lighting tube of an existing diagnostic slit lamp. The rotation of the slit diaphragm or the entire lighting tube with the slit diaphragm, which is common today and desired, is not possible, or is possible only to a limited extent, because with a larger rotation of up to 90 °, light would no longer reach the eye via the deflecting mirror.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, die oben erwähnten Nachteile zu vermeiden und zusätz­liche Vorteile zu erzielen. Die erfindungsgemässe Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist im Kennzeichen des Anspruchs 1 um­schrieben. Unter diesen Umständen kann nun ein herkömm­licher Beleuchtungstubus ohne jede Aenderung verwendet werden. Es zeigt sich ferner, dass man die Spaltblende bzw. den ganzen Beleuchtungstubus mit der Spaltblende um bis zu 90° drehen kann, ohne wesentlich an Helligkeit des Spaltbildes einzubüssen. Schliesslich zeigt es sich, dass man bei einer bestimmten ausgeleuchteten Fläche im Beleuchtungsobjektiv verglichen mit der Ausführung ge­mäss EP-A-0 225 699 ein doppelt so helles Spaltbild er­zielt. Es ergeben sich somit insgesamt überraschend viele Vorteile. Die Erfindung wird nun anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels und einiger Varianten näher erläutert.

  • Fig. 1 ist eine schematische Darstellung des Ausfüh­rungsbeispiels,
  • Fig. 2 bis 4 zeigen die Querschnitte der Teilstrahlen­bündel einer Spaltbeleuchtung im Frontobjektiv, und
  • Fig. 5 bis 9 zeigen Ausführungsvarianten.
The object of the present invention is to avoid the disadvantages mentioned above and to achieve additional advantages. The inventive solution to this problem is described in the characterizing part of claim 1. Under these circumstances, a conventional lighting tube can now be used without any changes. It also shows that the slit diaphragm or the entire lighting tube with the slit diaphragm can be rotated by up to 90 ° without losing significantly the brightness of the slit image. Finally, it is shown that, in the case of a certain illuminated surface in the illumination objective, a split image which is twice as bright is achieved compared to the embodiment according to EP-A-0 225 699. Overall, there are surprisingly many advantages. The invention will now be explained with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing and some variants.
  • 1 is a schematic representation of the embodiment,
  • 2 to 4 show the cross sections of the partial beams of a slit illumination in the front lens, and
  • 5 to 9 show design variants.

Fig. 1 zeigt schematisch einen Beleuchtungstubus 1, der um seine Vertikalachse drehbar in einem Tubus 2 gelagert ist. Unterhalb des Tubus 2 ist ein Beleuchtungsspiegel 3 angeordnet. Der Tubus 2 und der Beleuchtungsspiegel 3 sind in starrer gegenseitiger Lage auf einem nicht dar­gestellten Schwenkarm der Spaltlampe angeordnet. Im Be­leuchtungstubus 1 ist eine Glühlampe 4 mit einer Glüh­wendel 5 angeordnet, wobei die Achse der Glühwendel 5 in der Zeichnungsebene liegt. Unterhalb der Glühlampe be­finden sich ein Kondensor 6, eine Spaltblende 7, ein Filter 8 und ein Tubusobjektiv 9. Zwischen dem Filter 8 und dem Tubusobjektiv 9, welches die Spaltblende nach Unendlich abbildet, befinden sich im Beleuchtungstubus 1 Kulissenblenden 10 zur Herabsetzung von Streulicht im Beleuchtungstubus. Diese Ausführung des Beleuchtungs­tubus entspricht der für Spaltlampen üblichen.Fig. 1 shows schematically a lighting tube 1, which is rotatably mounted about its vertical axis in a tube 2. An illumination mirror 3 is arranged below the tube 2. The tube 2 and the illumination mirror 3 are arranged in a rigid mutual position on a pivot arm of the slit lamp, not shown. An incandescent lamp 4 with an incandescent filament 5 is arranged in the lighting tube 1, the axis of the incandescent filament 5 lying in the plane of the drawing. A condenser 6, a slit diaphragm 7, is located below the incandescent lamp Filter 8 and a tube lens 9. Between the filter 8 and the tube lens 9, which maps the slit diaphragm to infinity, there are 1 gate diaphragms 10 in the lighting tube to reduce stray light in the lighting tube. This version of the lighting tube corresponds to that usual for slit lamps.

Unterhalb des Tubusobjektivs 9 befindet sich im Tubus 2 ein Reduktionsprismenpaar 11. Wie in Fig. 1 gezeigt, zerlegt dieses Prismenpaar das aus dem Tubusobjektiv austretende Bündel paralleler Strahlen in zwei nach aussen versetzte Teilstrahlenbündel 12. Diese Strahlen­bündel liegen seitlich ausserhalb eines in der Achspro­jektion kreisrunden Einkoppelungsspiegels 13 für einen quer in den Tubus 2 eingeführten Laserstrahl 14. Dieser Laserstrahl sowie die Teilstrahlenbündel 12 treten durch ein Frontobjektiv 15 auf den Beleuchtungsspiegel 3, wel­cher sie zum Spaltbild bzw. Laserbehandlungsfleck an der Stelle 16 umlenkt.Below the tube lens 9 there is a pair of reduction prisms 11 in the tube 2. As shown in FIG. 1, this pair of prisms splits the bundle of parallel beams emerging from the tube lens into two partial beams 12 displaced outwards 13 for a laser beam 14 inserted transversely into the tube 2. This laser beam and the partial beams 12 pass through a front objective 15 onto the illumination mirror 3, which deflects them to the slit image or laser treatment spot at point 16.

Aus Fig. 1 ist klar ersichtlich, dass der Beleuchtungs­strahlengang durch den Spiegel 13 zur Einkoppelung des Laserstrahles 14 nicht behindert oder beschnitten wird. Es findet also keinerlei gegenseitige Benachteiligung des Beleuchtungssystems und der Einkoppelung des Laser­strahls und insbesondere kein Lichtverlust in den beiden Systemen statt. Trotzdem der Beleuchtungsspiegel 3 ver­hältnismässig schmal ausgeführt sein muss, um den Strah­lengang des nicht dargestellten Stereomikroskops der Spaltlampe nicht zu behindern, ergibt sich für alle Drehstellungen der Spaltblende 7 in überraschender Weise ein genügend helles Spaltbild. Die Verhältnisse sind in den Figuren 2 bis 4 schematisch dargestellt. Mit 3 ist dort der verhältnismässig schmale Beleuchtungsspiegel 3 angedeutet. Mit 15 ist die Oeffnung des Frontobjektivs bezeichnet, 13 bedeutet den Durchmesser des Einkoppe­lungsspiegels 13 bzw. des Laserstrahls im Frontobjektiv, und mit 5′ sind die Teilbilder der Glühwendel 5 bezeich­net. Aus Fig. 2 ist hierbei ersichtlich, dass bei paral­lel zur Längsrichtung des Spiegels 3 stehender Glühwen­del (gemäss Fig. 1) der durch die schraffierten Flächen bezeichnete Querschnitt der Beleuchtungs-Strahlenbündel eine optimale Grösse aufweist.1 clearly shows that the illuminating beam path is not hindered or cut off by the mirror 13 for coupling the laser beam 14. So there is no mutual disadvantage of the lighting system and the coupling of the laser beam and in particular there is no loss of light in the two systems. In spite of the fact that the illumination mirror 3 must be made relatively narrow so as not to obstruct the beam path of the stereomicroscope of the slit lamp (not shown), a surprisingly bright slit image results for all rotational positions of the slit diaphragm 7. The relationships are shown schematically in FIGS. 2 to 4. The relatively narrow illumination mirror 3 is indicated by 3. With 15 the opening of the front lens is designated, 13 means the diameter of the coupling mirror 13 or the laser beam in the front lens, and with 5 'the partial images of the filament 5 are designated. From FIG. 2 it can be seen that with the incandescent filament parallel to the longitudinal direction of the mirror 3 (according to FIG. 1), the cross-section of the illuminating radiation bundle denoted by the hatched areas has an optimal size.

Fig. 3 zeigt die Verhältnisse bei um 45° gedrehtem Be­leuchtungstubus und entsprechend gedrehter Spaltblende 7 und Glühwendel 5. Die Teilbilder der Glühwendel sind durch die Prismen 11 nach aussen versetzt, aber um 45° geneigt. Man sieht, dass die Querschnitte der beiden Be­leuchtungs-Strahlenbündel nur unerheblich geringere Flä­chen aufweisen als bei optimaler Ausbeute gemäss Fig. 2.3 shows the situation with the lighting tube rotated by 45 ° and the slit aperture 7 and filament 5 rotated accordingly. The partial images of the filament are offset outwards by the prisms 11, but are inclined at 45 °. It can be seen that the cross sections of the two illuminating light beams have only insignificantly smaller areas than with an optimal yield according to FIG. 2.

Fig. 4 zeigt die Verhältnisse bei um 90° gedrehtem Be­leuchtungstubus 1 und entsprechend gedrehter Spaltblende 7 bzw. Glühwendel 5. Die Teilbilder der Glühwendel 5′ stehen nun quer zur Längsachse des Spiegels 3, und sie sind durch die Prismen 11 nach aussen versetzt. Hierbei betragen die Querschnitte der Beleuchtungs-Strahlenbün­del noch mindestens die Hälfte der Querschnitte bei op­timaler Stellung gemäss Figur 2. Das Spaltbild ist also noch mindestens halb so hell wie bei optimaler Stellung, was praktisch kaum erkennbar und jedenfalls nicht nach­teilig ist.Fig. 4 shows the situation when the lighting tube 1 is rotated by 90 ° and the slit aperture 7 or filament 5 is rotated accordingly. The partial images of the filament 5 'are now transverse to the longitudinal axis of the mirror 3, and they are offset outwards by the prisms 11. In this case, the cross sections of the illuminating light beams still amount to at least half of the cross sections in the optimal position according to FIG. 2. The slit image is therefore still at least half as bright as in the optimal position, which is practically hardly recognizable and in any case not disadvantageous.

Die Fig. 5 bis 9 zeigen Ausführungsvarianten der Optik zum Aufweiten des Beleuchtungs-Strahlengangs. Gemass Fig. 5 ist ein einteiliges Pisma 21 mit Paaren von pa­rallelen Flächen 22a, 22b bzw. 23a, 23b vorgesehen, wel­ches das eintretende Strahlenbündel in zwei sich über­kreuzende und mit Abstand voneinander austretende Teil­strahlenbündel 12 aufteilt.5 to 9 show design variants of the optics for widening the illumination beam path. According to FIG. 5, a one-piece pisma 21 with pairs of parallel surfaces 22a, 22b or 23a, 23b is provided, which divides the incoming light beam into two partial light beams 12 which cross each other and exit at a distance from one another.

Fig. 6 zeigt eine aus zwei symmetrischen Einzelprismen bestehende Optik 31, deren Form äusserlich derjenigen des Prismas 21 nach Fig. 5 entspricht. Die Stossflächen 32 der beiden Prismen sind verspiegelt, sodass die am Eintritt einwärts gebrochenen Teilstrahlenbündel reflek­tiert werden und sich somit nicht überkreuzen, sondern nur in sich umgekehrt werden.6 shows an optic 31 consisting of two symmetrical individual prisms, the shape of which is external to that 5 corresponds to the prism 21. The abutment surfaces 32 of the two prisms are mirrored, so that the partial beams that are broken in at the entrance are reflected and thus do not cross each other but are only reversed.

Die Fig. 7 bis 9 zeigen Ausführunsvarianten der Optik, bei welchen die Prismen zur Aufweitung des Beleuchtungs­Strahlengangs kombiniert sind bzw. als Träger dienen für den Spiegel zur Einkoppelung des Laserstrahls. Gemäss Fig. 7 sind zwei Prismen 41 und 42 miteinander verbun­den, die im wesentlichen gemäss Fig. 1 die parallelen Teilstrahlenbündel 12 erzeugen. Das Prisma 41 weist eine verspiegelte Fläche 43 auf, die der Umlenkung des ein­tretenden Laserstrahls 14 dient. Bedingt durch die ge­neigte verspiegelte Fläche 43 muss das Prisma 41 länger sein als das Prisma 42. Die brechenden Flächen 44a und 44b am Eintritt und Austritt weisen daher geringere Nei­gungen auf als die brechenden Flächen 45a und 45b des Prismas 42, um eine symmetrische Aufweitung des Beleuch­tungs-Strahlenbündels zu erzielen.7 to 9 show design variants of the optics in which the prisms are combined to widen the illumination beam path or serve as supports for the mirror for coupling the laser beam. According to FIG. 7, two prisms 41 and 42 are connected to one another, which essentially produce the parallel partial beams 12 according to FIG. 1. The prism 41 has a mirrored surface 43, which serves to deflect the incoming laser beam 14. Due to the inclined mirrored surface 43, the prism 41 must be longer than the prism 42. The refractive surfaces 44a and 44b at the entrance and exit therefore have less inclinations than the refractive surfaces 45a and 45b of the prism 42 in order to symmetrically expand the illumination -Beam of rays.

Fig. 8 zeigt eine ähnliche Optik wie Fig. 7, wobei je­doch das Prisma 41 in zwei Prismen 41a und 41b aufge­teilt ist. Der keilförmige Prismenteil 41b hat keine Funktion zur Aufweitung des Beleuchtungs-Strahlenbün­dels, sondern dient mit seiner verspiegelten Fläche 43 der Umlenkung des Laserstrahls 14.FIG. 8 shows an optical system similar to FIG. 7, but the prism 41 is divided into two prisms 41a and 41b. The wedge-shaped prism part 41b has no function for widening the illuminating beam, but instead serves with its mirrored surface 43 to deflect the laser beam 14.

Fig. 9 zeigt ein einteiliges Prisma 51 ähnlich demje­nigen nach Fig. 5, jedoch asymmetrisch gestaltet, um mit einer verspiegelten Fläche 43 der Umlenkung des Laser­strahls 14 dienen zu können. Auch in diesem Falle weisen die brechenden Flächenpaare 52, 52b und 53, 53b unglei­che Neigungen auf, um trotz der unterschiedlichen opti­schen Längen eine symmetrische Aufweitung oder Aufsprei­zung in zwei Teilstrahlenbündel 12 zu erzielen.FIG. 9 shows a one-piece prism 51 similar to that according to FIG. 5, but designed asymmetrically in order to be able to serve to deflect the laser beam 14 with a mirrored surface 43. In this case too, the refractive surface pairs 52, 52b and 53, 53b have unequal inclinations in order to achieve a symmetrical expansion or spreading in two partial beams 12 despite the different optical lengths.

Bei den Ausführungsvarianten nach Fig. 7 bis 9 sind un­terschiedlich geneigte brechende Flächenpaare vorgese­hen, um eine symmetrische Aufweitung in zwei Teilstrah­lenbündel 12 zu erzielen. Es wäre jedoch auch möglich, gleich geneigte brechende Flächenpaare vorzusehen und damit eine Aufweitung in zwei zur optischen Achse des Tubus 1 asymmetrische Teilstrahlenbündel 12 vorzunehmen. Es wäre auch möglich, nur einen Teil des aus dem Objek­tiv 9 austretenden Strahlenbündels nach aussen zu ver­setzen und den anderen Teil unversetzt durchtreten zu lassen. Hierbei wäre die verspiegelte Fläche 43 und der Eintritt des Laserstrahls 14 so zu legen, dass der umge­lenkte Laserstrahl wieder symmetrisch zwischen den bei­den Teilstrahlenbündeln 12 liegt. Das Frontobjektiv wäre ebenfalls symmetrisch zu den Teilstrahlenbündeln 12 und zum Laserstrahl 14, also mit einer gegenüber der opti­schen Achse des Tubus 1 versetzten Achse anzuordnen.7 to 9 differently inclined refractive surface pairs are provided in order to achieve a symmetrical expansion into two partial beams 12. However, it would also be possible to provide refractive surface pairs of the same inclination and thus to expand them into two partial beams 12 asymmetrical to the optical axis of the tube 1. It would also be possible to move only a part of the beam of rays emerging from the objective 9 to the outside and to let the other part pass through without being shifted. Here, the mirrored surface 43 and the entry of the laser beam 14 would have to be placed in such a way that the deflected laser beam again lies symmetrically between the two partial beams 12. The front objective would also be arranged symmetrically to the partial beams 12 and to the laser beam 14, that is to say with an axis offset with respect to the optical axis of the tube 1.

Bei den Ausfürungen nach Fig. 1, 5 und 6 könnten die Prismen um 90° drehbar sein, um wahlweise mit einem Spiegel 3 zusammenzuwirken, dessen grössere Abmessung entweder gemäss Ausführungsbeispiel parallel oder aber quer zur Zeichnungsebene liegt. In vielen Fällen ist die ganze Spaltbeleuchtung gegenüber dem Spiegel 3 um eine senkrecht zur Zeichnungsebene in Fig. 1 stehende Achse neigbar, und in diesem Falle könnte der Spiegel 3 T-förmig, oben schmal und unten breit ausgeführt werden. Je nach der Neigung der Spaltbeleuchtung könnten die Prismen entsprechend eingestellt werden, um das Strah­lenbündel in der Zeichnungsebene (Fig. 1) oder quer zu derselben aufzuweiten.1, 5 and 6, the prisms could be rotated by 90 ° in order to optionally cooperate with a mirror 3, the larger dimension of which, according to the exemplary embodiment, lies either parallel or transversely to the plane of the drawing. In many cases, the entire slit illumination can be tilted relative to the mirror 3 about an axis perpendicular to the drawing plane in FIG. 1, and in this case the mirror 3 could be T-shaped, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Depending on the inclination of the slit illumination, the prisms could be adjusted accordingly in order to expand the beam in the plane of the drawing (FIG. 1) or transversely to it.

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1. Gerät zur Untersuchung und Behandlung des Auges, mit Mitteln zur Beleuchtung des Auges und Mitteln zum Ein­koppeln eines Laserstrahls in die Beleuchtungsoptik zur Photokoagulation, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Ein­koppelung über einen Spiegel (13) erfolgt und dass eine Optik (11) zum Aufweiten des Beleuchtungs-Strahlengangs zwischen dem Spiegel (13) und dem Objektiv (9) eines Be­leuchtungstubus (1) angeordnet ist.1. Device for examining and treating the eye, with means for illuminating the eye and means for coupling a laser beam into the illumination optics for photocoagulation, characterized in that the coupling takes place via a mirror (13) and that an optics (11) for widening of the illumination beam path between the mirror (13) and the lens (9) of an illumination tube (1) is arranged. 2. Gerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Spaltbeleuchtung (7) vorgesehen ist.2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that a slit lighting (7) is provided. 3. Gerät nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeich­net, dass der Beleuchtungstubus (1) mit einer Licht­quelle (4, 5) einer Spaltblende (7) und dem Tubusobjek­tiv (9) drehbar ist gegenüber einem für die Beleuchtung und den Laserstrahl gemeinsamen Frontobjektiv (15).3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the lighting tube (1) with a light source (4, 5) a slit diaphragm (7) and the tube lens (9) is rotatable relative to a common front lens for the lighting and the laser beam ( 15). 4. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch ge­kennzeichnet, dass die Optik (11) zum Aufweiten des Be­leuchtungs-Strahlengangs ein Prismenpaar (11) aufweist.4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the optics (11) has a pair of prisms (11) for expanding the illumination beam path. 5. Gerät nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Prismen (11) zur optischen Achse entgegengesetzt ge­neigt sind und je zwei planparallele, optisch aktive Flächen aufweisen.5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the prisms (11) are inclined opposite to the optical axis and each have two plane-parallel, optically active surfaces. 6. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch ge­kennzeichnet, dass die Optik (11) um die Achse der Be­leuchtungsoptik drehbar ist.6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the optics (11) is rotatable about the axis of the illumination optics. 7. Gerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch ge­kennzeichnet, dass die Optik (41, 42 bzw. 51) eine ver­spiegelte Fläche (43) aufweist, welche der Umlenkung bzw. Einkoppelung des Laserstrahls (14) dient.7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the optics (41, 42 or 51) has a mirrored surface (43) which serves to deflect or couple the laser beam (14). 8. Gerät nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Optik asymmetrisch geformte bzw. angeordnete Prismen (41, 42, 51) mit unterschiedlich geneigten brechenden parallelen Flächenpaaren (44, 45 bzw. 52, 53) zur Erzie­lung einer symmetrischen Aufweitung des Beleuchtungs-­Strahlengangs aufweist.8. Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the optics asymmetrically shaped or arranged prisms (41, 42, 51) with differently inclined refractive parallel surface pairs (44, 45 or 52, 53) to achieve a symmetrical expansion of the lighting Has beam path. 9. Gerät nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Optik asymmetrisch geformte bzw. angeordnete Prismen mit gleich geneigten brechenden Flächenpaaren zur Erzie­lung einer asymmetrischen Aufweitung des Beleuchtungs-­Strahlengangs aufweist.9. Apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the optics has asymmetrically shaped or arranged prisms with equally inclined refractive surface pairs to achieve an asymmetrical expansion of the illumination beam path.
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